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Flexion contracture
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A flexion contracture is a bent (flexed) joint that cannot be straightened actively or passively. It is thus a chronic loss of joint motion due to structural changes in muscle, tendons, ligaments, or skin that prevents normal movement of joints. [ ]
Term info
Label
Flexion contracture
Synonyms
- Contracture
- Flexed joint that cannot be straightened
- Flexion contractures
- Flexion contractures of joints
- Joint contracture
- Joint contractures
has alternative id
HP:0005189, HP:0001381, HP:0005660, HP:0001372, HP:0005053
has obo namespace
human_phenotype
has related synonym
Contractures
id
HP:0001371
Term relations
Equivalent to:
- has_part some (
decreased length and
inheres in some tendon and
has modifier some abnormal)